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#ADA617

#ada617 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ada617 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.1% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.05% magenta, 86.71% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 57.2°, with 76.53% saturation and 38.43% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.41.

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Relative luminance0.3622

Complementary

  1. #ada617
  2. #171ead

Split complementary

  1. #ada617
  2. #1769ad
  3. #5b17ad

Analogous

  1. #ad5b17
  2. #ada617
  3. #69ad17

Triadic

  1. #ada617
  2. #17ada6
  3. #a617ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada617
  2. #1ead17
  3. #171ead
  4. #a617ad

Square

  1. #ada617
  2. #17ad5b
  3. #171ead
  4. #ad1769

Monochromatic

  1. #262405
  2. #69650e
  3. #ada617
  4. #e3db2d
  5. #ece671

Shades

#ada617 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada617
  2. #9c9515
  3. #8a8512
  4. #797410
  5. #68640e
  6. #57530c
  7. #454209
  8. #343207
  9. #232105
  10. #111102
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada617 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada617
  2. #b5af2e
  3. #bdb845
  4. #c6c15d
  5. #ceca74
  6. #d6d38b
  7. #dedba2
  8. #e6e4b9
  9. #efedd1
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada617 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada617
  2. #a9a222
  3. #a49e2c
  4. #a09b37
  5. #9b9741
  6. #97934c
  7. #928f56
  8. #8e8b61
  9. #89886b
  10. #858476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b59f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a526 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9a8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a521 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59f71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada617 {
  color: #ada617;
}
Background
.bg-ada617 {
  background-color: #ada617;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada617 {
  border: 2px solid #ada617;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada617;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 166 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 77% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada617 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada617, #69ad17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada617 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 166 23 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.41 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.44 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.49 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.44 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.45 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.60 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.57 #5259e8 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#ada617  rgb(173, 166, 23)  hsl(57, 77%, 38%)  Brass
#171ead  rgb(23, 30, 173)  hsl(237, 77%, 38%)  Zaffre
#17ada6  rgb(23, 173, 166)  hsl(177, 77%, 38%)  Light Sea Green
#a617ad  rgb(166, 23, 173)  hsl(297, 77%, 38%)  Dark Orchid